29.12.2002 10:51:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Land) wrote: >Using recursive grep for large directory structures >caused the entire system to freeze.
I once had this, when I tried to access scsi-devices with hardware-problems. Responsiveness of the whole system went drastically down. Hanging applications can also be reproduced when trying to access files on a stale nfs mount (if not mounted with -o soft) > >The same happens for "find / * -group xx_x". And maybe anything else accessing the problematic file. BTW: I think the "*" in your command does not do what you intend. It will be expanded by your shell and the result will be seen as part of the path-list by "find" My guess is, you simply want to get rid of it. HTH, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
